Hare system
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In Victoria a fierce newspaper contest is being waged over the Block Vote and the Hare system, and the arguments, being mutually destructive, only go to prove that both are equally objectionable.
From Proportional Representation Applied To Party Government by T. R. (Thomas Ramsden) Ashworth
Such was the Hare system as propounded by its author.
From Proportional Representation Applied To Party Government by T. R. (Thomas Ramsden) Ashworth
The single transferable vote, generally known as the Hare system, was first invented by a Danish statesman, M. Andrae, and was used for the election of a portion of the "Rigsraad" in 1855.
From Proportional Representation Applied To Party Government by T. R. (Thomas Ramsden) Ashworth
Commenting on these results, the Argus declares that the Hare system does not pretend to reform or guide the people.
From Proportional Representation Applied To Party Government by T. R. (Thomas Ramsden) Ashworth
And as for the scheme for allowing separate delegation to a number of sections, which is advocated under the name of the Hare system, it would be absolutely fatal.
From Proportional Representation Applied To Party Government by T. R. (Thomas Ramsden) Ashworth